About the Author

An avid lifelong reader of fiction of all sorts, there’s nothing I find more engrossing than an epic sci-fi-fantasy-romance series. I’ve spent countless hours of my life immersed in the richly-woven worlds that someone else was kind enough to put on paper, and I’ve always felt a debt of gratitude to these wonderful authors. The Stitch Trilogy – my debut series – is my humble attempt to return the favor.

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My dream is to bring the same enjoyment and delight to readers that these authors have brought to my life. If you find yourself staying up just a little too late to finish another chapter, or sneaking into the bathroom at work to read when things are slow, I will know I have done my job!

I currently live in Westchester County, New York with four of the five loves of my life – my husband, Sudeep, my son, Kiran, my younger daughter, Mia, and my cat, Gio. My fifth love – my daughter, Alana – I carry in my heart, as she was tragically stillborn in 2013 just two days before her due date. In her honor, I write candidly about babyloss and grief and volunteer my time as the Executive Director of PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy in hopes of breaking the stigma around pregnancy/infant loss and preventing more stillbirths from happening.

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People are often surprised to learn that I took a roundabout path of turning my passion into a career. Prior to pursuing writing full-time in 2010 as an independent author and freelance writer/consultant at my company, Medley Media Associates, I spent three years in software engineering at Microsoft. I am a 2007 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, where I earned degrees from Penn Engineering and the Wharton School, and was also valedictorian of Brewster High School in Brewster, NY, class of 2003. 

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In addition to penning novels and advocating for healthy pregnancy, more often than not these days I’m on full-time mom duty!

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